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Comment by Benz3ne posted on I have been somewhat absent. at 13/07/2026 - 10:07
All this talk of the MX takes me back - I used to have an M35/2, M50/1.4 and M85/2.0 with my black MX and winder, a great little outfit and it certainly fits the bill for size and weight, But I'm not going back to the film days - if I did I'd have to have a darkroom set up (I was never overly happy with others D&P'ing my black and white stuff), and there's no way that would get the green light in our house
Comment by Benz3ne posted on A smaller camera system - your views please! at 15/06/2026 - 11:45
Pentax MX
40mm f/2.8
Some film.
Done.
That said, I might limit myself to one lens for my annual trip to Belgium this year. Which one, I'm not sure of yet...
Comment by Benz3ne posted on A smaller camera system - your views please! at 11/06/2026 - 12:11
Pentax MX
40mm f/2.8
Some film.
Brilliant
Just quickly checked tinternet, some roughness and assumptions , yours will vary.
Film 10 rolls 36 ex per year for easy calc. Each £9
Processing £6.50 each plus say £2.50 pp
Gets you negatives only from Hippo Lab
£18 x 10
Say 10 years =£1800
Plus your time scanning/copying to digital.
Makes you think 🤔
Done.
Dev in caffenol in my lab. Have some 'legacy chemicals' that I'm using at zero cost so dev is essentially free for me.
Scanning with my A7iii and a macro lens and converting myself in lightroom/negative lab pro so only costs my time which isn't worth much anyway.
Yearly £29 for the equivalent 10 rolls to your calculations so I could go for 62 years versus your 10
Me being facetious, obviously, but I do appreciate that it can be a costly exercise!
Comment by Benz3ne posted on A smaller camera system - your views please! at 09/06/2026 - 11:40
40mm f/2.8
Some film.
Done.
Comment by Benz3ne posted on A smaller camera system - your views please! at 09/06/2026 - 09:14
Comment by Benz3ne posted on FS: A couple of SMC Pentax K mount classics at 30/01/2026 - 14:10
Comment by Benz3ne posted on FS: A couple of SMC Pentax K mount classics at 26/01/2026 - 12:04
Very nice! I have one which I haven't used in a while - must use it.
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